I am in Arkansas and this is video is what I have been searching for. Very well produced and informative. Congrats to all the Californians who needed this so bad.
The problem is that, despite overwhelming support by Californians, the state hasn't followed through on building more storage for all this water. It's worth noting that just last summer all the climate experts were saying we'd never have significant precipitation in the Sierra Nevada ever again.
I'm missing out, I have GOT to get down to CA and go up and down the state and just take in all this water. When I grew up there Owens Lake was nothing but a dusty playa. I've never seen it with water in it. I've gotta go see that. Gotta go see Mt Shasta covered; the last few times I've made that drive there was nothing there but a couple spotty glaciers that probably didn't add up to 100 acres total. Now it looks like a snow cone. Last time I drove over Shasta Lake I was incredulous over the LACK of water. It looks _amazing_ now.
As a truck driver, I've crossed over Shasta lake countless times. Watched it get lower over time It's great to see such a rebound. My concern is about california government wasting our water and our need to refill the aquifers along with the reservoirs.
The larger reservoirs are controlled by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a smaller extent the Army Corp of Engineers. Your prejudice against California is showing.
@@weakgang2208curious how it wasted, is it wasted because of farmers , or is it golf courses , I’m just trying to understand the water issues as I’m fro east cost , and I only hear about it in general terms . I know public water, for example is being grabbed by private then companies who then triple the cost of water to the Pennsylvania residents , it’s a land and water grab by for profit companies. Also I hear in Michigan Poland spring owned by Nestle, is paying only like $500 per year to the localities and the bottle that water at huge profits , while local people get left dry… I’m mostly concerned by privatization of our water sources , but waste I’d def unforgivable…agreed
I remember watching the video back in late October of last year, and I said to myself, "that man sure has faith that the lake will fill up". sure enough, his faith redeemed him! 🙏Amazing!
I am so happy to hear Shasta is getting full. It’s been heartbreaking to see it low with cracked earth. I pray we continue to have healthy rainfall (not flooding) to keep the drought away.
The fact that one good winter can bring the lake from historic lows to full means that California has not built enough reservoir capacity. Time California gets real and stops wasting money on the non-essentials and pays attention to the essentials, such as WATER AND POWER
Trinity lake has been releasing significant amounts of water. Here are stats from April 2023: Inflow computed. 274,653 acre-feet Hydro power release 106,986 acre-feet Outlet release. 186,171 acre-feet Storage change. (-) 20,300 acre-feet There have been repairs to the dam outlet structure underway according to the USBR website although those repairs were supposed to be completed by early April. Many unanswered questions remain.
Yeah they dropped the lake level by about 8 feet when the river was very high. Claiming that they needed to make repairs. Seems that repairs should have been made when the lake level was lowest not right when we're getting the most inflow. How convenient right.
Wow! I grew up in Dunsmuir and Shasta City in the 70’s and I’ve seen it that full once! The winter of 73-74 was insane, we got 3 feet of snow overnight one storm!
In 76 waterskiing and jet skis and fly fishing in the back .btw boat ride in is simply amazing.breathtaking .incredible colors just beautiful. Def best part of Shasta. The lake itself is nice but this is spectacular Btw my dad retired from bureau of reclamation central valley project Worked up in Shasta area and weed. He worked all over the place. I pretty much grew up in a boat on a lake and around fish hatchery s and hydr0 electrical res. Dams . Ok my dad's one those dam inspectors. Ya shata was alwTs pretty full but in 2017 I went out to Oregon so went over that bridge and seemed like it was way high above the water. Your video shows it the way I remember it. Gorgeous lake
I drive on i5 every few months and it was crazy to see the water level so low, you had to see it in person it's crazy such a big lake and water so low but last 2 times I saw it rise up and the last time was like 10 feet away from the top was just amazing to see in such short time.
That’s exactly what crossed my mind. California needs to enact tier 2b cuts, they supposed to, but never did. It’s all ridiculous isn’t it? How can we be so corrupt and stupid.
Well maintenance is a key factor. Most built in60's and 70's and most of the project builders and designers and I Spector's have either retired or have passed on.and the economy since the 80' s well u know recession and other factors budget cuts or people vote no to of raise taxes to pay for such things Sorry news flash we need these projects In place and working or we die.. So vote yes for lottery for schools and yes on tribal gambling casinos/gaming.. Ya that's more important Right. Well if your kid drowns dont cry to the government because they did. Nothing Yes they built it....proved it works....but you won't help pay to maintain it or the workers salaries.... Giant holes you can put two fists into at bottom of a dam prob should be repaired .right away correct??? Well my dad retired some25 yrs ago and new Malone's res was looking like that but with more than one of those holes They say budgeting get back to us later try to shore if up Omg. I still dont think they filled his job position after he retired. Job freezes due to economy etc etc Shout-out to you voters. Has anyone seen evan oh mighty. Ya flood. Good thing fed used reinforced rebarb as added protection no shortcuts. State dams dirt and gravel on volcano ground ...cheaper but ??safer??? Oroville example.... No time to run.if damn breaks be very bad. Build your ark Looks like we will need it. I wonder how much wood would cost from home Depot to build an ark probably way more than what those taxes would have cost you if you voted yes on maintenance slowly taking out of each check a little bit would it have killed you probably not but then when the dam's don't work or the pump still work and it's a heavy rain season or snow melt that's probably going to you and your family and your neighbor's exedra exedra. Next time you get a chance to vote Yes you just might want to vote Yes stay out of the casinos that are save your money pay for the dams and the inspector and workers wages it's well worth it's worth a long life you're going to going to be living that a flood disaster coming your way.
Seen the Shasta full in the sixties when our family vacationed there several times for two to three weeks at a time . When they draw the water out it dropped down a foot a day . Probably faster now since the population has more than doubled. It is a beautiful lake .
Was there August/2007, water level dropped approx 2'ft over night. House boat had to be pulled out from bottoming out shoreline nearly daily. Bridge bay service would come out within 30-45 minutes, to help.
Great Story . I'm interested in learning from the situation. I'm looking forward to learning about Trinaty Lake. I work for a large Water Utility in Utah but I'm a California native.
Your right. Just go back to abusing water In California like you always have. I mean, the last winter with this much snow was 51/52 so hell maybe by 2093 you’ll have another good winter to fill everything up. SMFH.
Could have built those reservoirs they made plans for in the 50s to account for 40 million people in these last years of drought. Still only enough for 20 million people
You know they're yanking reservoirs out in northern california right? Is copco and iron gate hydro electric dams are going bye bye. Amidst water shortages and rolling blackouts... But the indians will have more fish to sell😂
Hello Wilson, great reporting on Shasta Lake. Please do a deep dive investigation to why Trinity Lake missed the boat on this great rainy and snowpack season. Daylight the real reason why so much water was released to keep the lake level low and find out when they will start to capture as much remaining snow melt as possible. The low lake level is definitely NOT because of the lack of rain and snow. I’ve heard rumors that it was maintenance projects that forced the lake levels to stay very low. Thanks!
Nearly full? Try IT IS FULL. At 3 feet from max capacity and tons of unmelted snow upstream, Shasta is possibly the fullest and will remain, for a longer time, the fullest it has been in decades.
The knarly thing is, next winter if we receive similar to the same amount of storms during an ENSO there will be the same amount of rainfall or more if there’s many atmospheric rivers. Less lower elevation mountain snow though. What’s the plan for next seasons rain fall? Along with mountain thunderstorms too
Yes and my word to the public has show me the money you all need to vote Yes but your money where your mouth is or don't b****of deal with your consequences it's up to you.
The 200% of average snow pack in the Sierras is great BUT depends on the rapidity of spring temperature rise. Too fast and flooding, mudslides in burn areas, runoff instead of sink-in occur. But don't worry. I am working on it.
Depending on the law, and resistance from environmentalist c*ck blockers. Is not about opportunity to dig deeper, but any reservoir suffer the reduction of storage capacity due to buildup sediment over time. They should at least dredge the sediment out if they haven't.
The question I have is how long at normal use will it take to empty it out again, especially if the summer proves dry again ? There does not appear to be a happy median any longer... it seems to be from extreme high to extreme low with all these lakes / reservoirs now... I would say much more careful management would be helpful from now on.
In the olden days,,,, when you'd go to a filling station you'd say to the attendant "fill'er - up" please. Well someone at Lake Shasta said that last January! What a premium!
I was wondering? I live in Oklahoma so we don't have too many water cost issues. I thought "how are Cali residents doing, are they using water like crazy?"
@@malin7919 Damn good point but you know that will never happen. Anything contrary to scaring the $hit out of the general public regarding climate change.
Well if you keep voting no or funding for water resources needs then they got to get the money another way You want expensive projects but want no taxes to fund. You want cheaper bills and to pay no taxes. Who paying for projects maintenance and pay checks Hello.the elves don't build dams only toys ....
Personally, I think California and the West of America has been "incredibly" lucky! The Tonga volcano erupting seems to have cooled much of the Southern Hemisphere considerably. The Southern oceans are much cooler than expected and I think this is in part the result. So, if it had not been for Tonga... what I'm trying to say is Harold and all of us have been fortunate, and we must not be complacent.
@@velociraptorblue866 Ash and debris in the atmosphere block and reflect a small percentage of sunlight, cooling the areas where the debris is blown. Greenhouse gases are also spilled into the air by a volcano, but are probably dispersed more broadly and their effects would be less pronounced in the same area. This is all a guess on my part. Would love a climate scientist to confirm or correct.
More canals, lakes and reservoirs need to be constructed to contain the Atmospheric rivers and their waters within the continental United states so that water scarcity can be resolved.
Or more people can leave the south and repopulate places like the Great Lakes were water is plentiful, many Great Lake cities have declining populations for decades now people abandoned it to live in unsustainable regions instead
Exactly. It’s amazing how many people don’t have any clue how it wasn’t until A/C became common in new homes in the 1950’s that people started moving into the desert southwest. Anywhere south of Kansas can be a sweltering hellhole in the summer, and extreme temperatures can and do happen on the plains and into the Midwest all the way to the Canadian border. A/C was probably the biggest factor in demographic change in the US post War.
Personally think better management and possibly more reservoirs to keep up with the population. I mean how come the lake got down to 30% when 2020? or 2019 was a huge year as well. So it barely can keep up with one season of water usage from the population? yeah then there should be more capacity because there should be at least 3-5 years worth of water stored because we can't expect every year to be the same.
Ya need money. You wanted and voted for school maintenance instead. Actually you need both so dig deep into your pockets. You turnups No more excuses .f...the economy it just needs money and no one wants to pay . Don't wait until it's too late. Won't be a pretty picture
@@cnsgains5506 your the criminal say yes to funding Pay the taxes. NO matter what it takes.. Projects need funding and the more funding to maintain it all so it lasts longer. You all only vote to build but not a thing else Do your part vote and pay for all of vote for nothing and deal with your own flood problems Idiots😮
Hey kids, here's a word they don't teach in schools: CYCLICAL. It was used WAAAAAAY back in the early 90s after a drought in the late 80s, followed by a few years of flooding.
Over the last 5 weeks, EBMUD has drained about 8to9 feet of water off Lake Camanche in Amador Co. Almost back to its lowest point over the past 18months. Go have a look. I've got pics with the water & current pics now.
Oh sounds like lake camanche Reservoir Is doing what the reservoir was made for. To assist the calif lakes with. Capacity and Flow and tomake systems with controlled means so to help regulators oversee and get better control of holding and storage and control to move water where and if need be. For flood safety. For farmers ,for safe drinking water and for you recreational wants. We have had projects to be added to the system and it start the project and then halfway through they said there's not enough funding and blah blah blah sell the land to expensive fancy housing advertising beautiful sights and then they scrubbed the project cuz not enough funding so these rich people are looking at empty holes up in Sacramento they even built the dam first but never filled in the water stop blaming the government there waiting for you to give him some money so you can do what they're made to do squabbling over but yes next time government wants to do a damn or even do maintenance on those vote yes.... Yes storms are going to get worse is Lexie going to be full when putting pressure on the dams are in place now which need maintenance are they also need more reservoirs and to take the pressure off these older systems that clearly need nothing's made to last forever unless you keep it maintained and replace old parts or fix broken areas if you don't do such things it will fail. But if you maintain them their last the last a really long time at least through your lifetime maybe your children's lifetimes that's a lot of lives saved
You do realize that as snowmelt happens through the summer, there will be a lot of water flowing into this lake/reservoir which will slowly or quickly refill it again, and outflows will be managed to balance that out. A reservoir that is almost full can’t absorb extra flow without catastrophic emergency release needed so drawing it down gives the reservoir and its dam some breathing room to do its job, namely reduce excessive flows and moderate that all along the reservoir and river systems. This one reservoir is only one checkpoint for water flow and water storage in the entire California water management system. You have to see the bigger picture of how all of this extra water is to be managed and used most efficiently.
I am in Arkansas and this is video is what I have been searching for. Very well produced and informative. Congrats to all the Californians who needed this so bad.
Thanks for this and hoping all is well with you in AR!
The problem is that, despite overwhelming support by Californians, the state hasn't followed through on building more storage for all this water. It's worth noting that just last summer all the climate experts were saying we'd never have significant precipitation in the Sierra Nevada ever again.
Stunning to see Lake Shasta so full! 🎣🐟🐠🐡
I'm missing out, I have GOT to get down to CA and go up and down the state and just take in all this water. When I grew up there Owens Lake was nothing but a dusty playa. I've never seen it with water in it. I've gotta go see that. Gotta go see Mt Shasta covered; the last few times I've made that drive there was nothing there but a couple spotty glaciers that probably didn't add up to 100 acres total. Now it looks like a snow cone. Last time I drove over Shasta Lake I was incredulous over the LACK of water. It looks _amazing_ now.
You guys know the fishing is better when waters low right?
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Why wouldn't you be? TF Does this have to do with donald trump?
@@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman Did you see what they're planting?🐡🐠🐟
@@bt.c.1829 I'm sure they're planting the same things they always plant. My point is when there's less water fish are grouped up tighter. It's basic.
As a truck driver, I've crossed over Shasta lake countless times. Watched it get lower over time
It's great to see such a rebound. My concern is about california government wasting our water and our need to refill the aquifers along with the reservoirs.
Definitely. Our farmers need that backup.
The larger reservoirs are controlled by the federal Bureau of Reclamation and to a smaller extent the Army Corp of Engineers. Your prejudice against California is showing.
@@RhaspunYou’re right. That water is then allocated to California who wastes it.
@@Rhaspun California government is a wasteful, nonsensical debacle to the core.
@@weakgang2208curious how it wasted, is it wasted because of farmers , or is it golf courses , I’m just trying to understand the water issues as I’m fro east cost , and I only hear about it in general terms . I know public water, for example is being grabbed by private then companies who then triple the cost of water to the Pennsylvania residents , it’s a land and water grab by for profit companies. Also I hear in Michigan Poland spring owned by Nestle, is paying only like $500 per year to the localities and the bottle that water at huge profits , while local people get left dry… I’m mostly concerned by privatization of our water sources , but waste I’d def unforgivable…agreed
I remember watching the video back in late October of last year, and I said to myself, "that man sure has faith that the lake will fill up". sure enough, his faith redeemed him! 🙏Amazing!
Awesome
Same here. 🙏🏽
Right. And God had nothing to do with the drought, just the blessing. I want God's lawyer.
I was expecting two consecutive years of very good storms. That's how it happen a few years ago.
I was there in October when it was 30% full. Didn’t realize at the time it was the states biggest reservoir.
I am so happy to hear Shasta is getting full. It’s been heartbreaking to see it low with cracked earth. I pray we continue to have healthy rainfall (not flooding) to keep the drought away.
You're gonna get flooding, all that water in the mountain snow has to go somewhere when the summer sun hits.
@@MikMoendon’t be such a negative Nelly
Cracked earth???
@@will7its dried out soil cracks like dry skin
@@Kodakcompactdisc Being prepared for what's coming isn't a negative.
Above the American River...I have never seen California so gorgeous.
Good times!
I remember watching that interview last year. Really happy to see the follow up!
The fact that one good winter can bring the lake from historic lows to full means that California has not built enough reservoir capacity. Time California gets real and stops wasting money on the non-essentials and pays attention to the essentials, such as WATER AND POWER
Trinity lake has been releasing significant amounts of water. Here are stats from April 2023:
Inflow computed. 274,653 acre-feet
Hydro power release 106,986 acre-feet
Outlet release. 186,171 acre-feet
Storage change. (-) 20,300 acre-feet
There have been repairs to the dam outlet structure underway according to the USBR website although those repairs were supposed to be completed by early April. Many unanswered questions remain.
Yeah they dropped the lake level by about 8 feet when the river was very high. Claiming that they needed to make repairs. Seems that repairs should have been made when the lake level was lowest not right when we're getting the most inflow. How convenient right.
Wow! I grew up in Dunsmuir and Shasta City in the 70’s and I’ve seen it that full once! The winter of 73-74 was insane, we got 3 feet of snow overnight one storm!
That’s awesome to hear what it was like the winter I was born! December of 1973! ✨🙏🏼✨
In 76 waterskiing and jet skis and fly fishing in the back .btw boat ride in is simply amazing.breathtaking .incredible colors just beautiful. Def best part of Shasta. The lake itself is nice but this is spectacular
Btw my dad retired from bureau of reclamation central valley project
Worked up in Shasta area and weed.
He worked all over the place.
I pretty much grew up in a boat on a lake and around fish hatchery s and hydr0 electrical res.
Dams .
Ok my dad's one those dam inspectors.
Ya shata was alwTs pretty full but in 2017 I went out to Oregon so went over that bridge and seemed like it was way high above the water.
Your video shows it the way I remember it.
Gorgeous lake
I drive on i5 every few months and it was crazy to see the water level so low, you had to see it in person it's crazy such a big lake and water so low but last 2 times I saw it rise up and the last time was like 10 feet away from the top was just amazing to see in such short time.
In the northeast we almost had a bunch of wildfires because we got no rain in april then all of a sudden 7 days of rain. We're good now
hopefully people will begin to realize how important the water is to our future. This is temporary and conservation is needed.
That’s exactly what crossed my mind. California needs to enact tier 2b cuts, they supposed to, but never did. It’s all ridiculous isn’t it? How can we be so corrupt and stupid.
Not really
Well maintenance is a key factor.
Most built in60's and 70's and most of the project builders and designers and I Spector's have either retired or have passed on.and the economy since the 80' s well u know recession and other factors budget cuts or people vote no to of raise taxes to pay for such things
Sorry news flash we need these projects In place and working or we die..
So vote yes for lottery for schools and yes on tribal gambling casinos/gaming..
Ya that's more important
Right.
Well if your kid drowns dont cry to the government because they did. Nothing
Yes they built it....proved it works....but you won't help pay to maintain it or the workers salaries....
Giant holes you can put two fists into at bottom of a dam prob should be repaired .right away correct???
Well my dad retired some25 yrs ago and new Malone's res was looking like that but with more than one of those holes
They say budgeting get back to us later try to shore if up
Omg.
I still dont think they filled his job position after he retired. Job freezes due to economy etc etc
Shout-out to you voters. Has anyone seen evan oh mighty.
Ya flood.
Good thing fed used reinforced rebarb as added protection no shortcuts.
State dams dirt and gravel on volcano ground ...cheaper but ??safer???
Oroville example.... No time to run.if damn breaks be very bad.
Build your ark
Looks like we will need it. I wonder how much wood would cost from home Depot to build an ark probably way more than what those taxes would have cost you if you voted yes on maintenance slowly taking out of each check a little bit would it have killed you probably not but then when the dam's don't work or the pump still work and it's a heavy rain season or snow melt that's probably going to you and your family and your neighbor's exedra exedra. Next time you get a chance to vote Yes you just might want to vote Yes stay out of the casinos that are save your money pay for the dams and the inspector and workers wages it's well worth it's worth a long life you're going to going to be living that a flood disaster coming your way.
While attending Shasta JC in 77/79 during a drought, we watched the lake fill in just one winter as well.
This is good local reporting, thank you
Nice to see Wilson in the Newsroom. He's always in the filed, love his reporting style!
Love how they used lake mead for the image.
It is so beautiful when it is full.
Water: The elixir of life; the gift of nature. Water is beautiful.
good to see the lake full!!
Amazing change, greetings from Europe.
Seen the Shasta full in the sixties when our family vacationed there several times for two to three weeks at a time . When they draw the water out it dropped down a foot a day . Probably faster now since the population has more than doubled.
It is a beautiful lake .
So good to see that..its my favorite lake
What a sight 😲
Nice story great to see most of the Lakes full. Thank you
The news I needed 😊
Glad for them. Wish more drought-affected regions would see similar success someday.
how amazing it would have been if there was a daily photo, a time lapse of the filling of shasta lake
Was there August/2007, water level dropped approx 2'ft over night. House boat had to be pulled out from bottoming out shoreline nearly daily. Bridge bay service would come out within 30-45 minutes, to help.
Great Story . I'm interested in learning from the situation. I'm looking forward to learning about Trinaty Lake. I work for a large Water Utility in Utah but I'm a California native.
Beautiful
Houseboating on the lake in the 80's. Trout over 20" long. Try it you"ll like it !
Happy day!
Wonderful news!!
Good job on Balancing the lake!!
They told us (just like last time) it would take YEARS of "above average rainfall" to refill the lake. Took what? 4 months?
It is good news. So tired of hearing about " the sky is falling" crowd.
Pretty sure you heard the wrong lake. for Mead and Powell, it is.
Your right. Just go back to abusing water In California like you always have. I mean, the last winter with this much snow was 51/52 so hell maybe by 2093 you’ll have another good winter to fill everything up.
SMFH.
@@davidboyd1745 never heard an expert in October 2022 forecast the rain we had winter 22-23.
@@johngilmer6782 Your are damn right!!!
Praise God. All glory to Him for His creation.
Great news!
THANK YOU LORD
Very nice piece on this.
Could have built those reservoirs they made plans for in the 50s to account for 40 million people in these last years of drought. Still only enough for 20 million people
You know they're yanking reservoirs out in northern california right? Is copco and iron gate hydro electric dams are going bye bye. Amidst water shortages and rolling blackouts... But the indians will have more fish to sell😂
Love fishing and camping at Shasta
Years of the lake dwindling and in 3 months of storms filled up most lakes!
Hello Wilson, great reporting on Shasta Lake. Please do a deep dive investigation to why Trinity Lake missed the boat on this great rainy and snowpack season. Daylight the real reason why so much water was released to keep the lake level low and find out when they will start to capture as much remaining snow melt as possible. The low lake level is definitely NOT because of the lack of rain and snow. I’ve heard rumors that it was maintenance projects that forced the lake levels to stay very low. Thanks!
How many times in the last 12 years have I seen Shasta full in February only to see it drained out to the ocean by July? Four I personally know of.
This makes me happy to see. When I left Shasta County the lake was in rough shape.
This guy is the most patient
Yes indeed fantastic news for sure!
What a blessing
Its good to see the water levels are doing well, but one winter's abundance doesnt guarantee an end to a years-long drought.
Hope that water lasts, can’t imagine being somewhere where the water was disappearing like that
Nearly full? Try IT IS FULL. At 3 feet from max capacity and tons of unmelted snow upstream, Shasta is possibly the fullest and will remain, for a longer time, the fullest it has been in decades.
The knarly thing is, next winter if we receive similar to the same amount of storms during an ENSO there will be the same amount of rainfall or more if there’s many atmospheric rivers. Less lower elevation mountain snow though. What’s the plan for next seasons rain fall? Along with mountain thunderstorms too
Dont worry. They know all about next seasons thunderstorms.....lol
Yes and my word to the public has show me the money you all need to vote Yes but your money where your mouth is or don't b****of deal with your consequences it's up to you.
Hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful news
Thank god
Your prayers have been answered.
Finally some good news for a change...now let's pray the Warriors win this year's championship 😊
The 200% of average snow pack in the Sierras is great BUT
depends on the rapidity of spring temperature rise.
Too fast and flooding, mudslides in burn areas, runoff instead of sink-in occur.
But don't worry. I am working on it.
St. GERMAIN! THANKS
Beautiful 🐠 fishing 🎣 yeah
they control the weather
Did we miss a chance to enlarge (dig deeper) these reservoirs when they were really low?
Depending on the law, and resistance from environmentalist c*ck blockers. Is not about opportunity to dig deeper, but any reservoir suffer the reduction of storage capacity due to buildup sediment over time. They should at least dredge the sediment out if they haven't.
I am the RainMaker. Enjoy.
I'll bet someone was secretly draining Trinity Reservoir.
This is great news.
The question I have is how long at normal use will it take to empty it out again, especially if the summer proves dry again ? There does not appear to be a happy median any longer... it seems to be from extreme high to extreme low with all these lakes / reservoirs now... I would say much more careful management would be helpful from now on.
In the olden days,,,, when you'd go to a filling station you'd say to the attendant "fill'er - up" please. Well someone at Lake Shasta said that last January! What a premium!
Thank you Jesus 😌
Nature* Not Jesus. Stop putting god on everything
Fill Trinity!!
WOOOOHOOOO!🥳
natural cycle. hot - cold, dry - wet. the way its always been.
🤫
Wow...
Ask a local...
They have the knowledge...
Fantastic...
A good story...
🇿🇦
Water level is back to normal, but our water bill has not gone back to normal.....lol. Everyone is still paying the drought rate hike prices.
May be news media should start questioning why the rate is still high?
I was wondering? I live in Oklahoma so we don't have too many water cost issues. I thought "how are Cali residents doing, are they using water like crazy?"
Climate change fear mongers needed a reason to raise water bills. Your right will never decrease the water bill
@@malin7919 Damn good point but you know that will never happen. Anything contrary to scaring the $hit out of the general public regarding climate change.
Well if you keep voting no or funding for water resources needs then they got to get the money another way
You want expensive projects but want no taxes to fund. You want cheaper bills and to pay no taxes. Who paying for projects maintenance and pay checks
Hello.the elves don't build dams only toys ....
It is full!
God is good.
The ol man knows his shit!
Personally, I think California and the West of America has been "incredibly" lucky!
The Tonga volcano erupting seems to have cooled much of the Southern Hemisphere considerably.
The Southern oceans are much cooler than expected and I think this is in part the result.
So, if it had not been for Tonga... what I'm trying to say is Harold and all of us have been fortunate, and we must not be complacent.
?? I thought tonga warmed the planet instead of cooling it atleast from the sources im getting
@@velociraptorblue866 Tonga "definitely" cooled the planet... volcanoes, super-eruptions have kicked the world into another ice age in the past!
@@velociraptorblue866 Ash and debris in the atmosphere block and reflect a small percentage of sunlight, cooling the areas where the debris is blown. Greenhouse gases are also spilled into the air by a volcano, but are probably dispersed more broadly and their effects would be less pronounced in the same area. This is all a guess on my part. Would love a climate scientist to confirm or correct.
@@jennifers9389 thought it was mainly water vapor with minor amounts of ash/ particles ??
@@2-1inffwa97 That may be; I couldn't say for certain with my limited knowledge.
How long is the water expected to remain at healthy levels? Assuming no more rain the rest of this calendar year.
More canals, lakes and reservoirs need to be constructed to contain the Atmospheric rivers and their waters within the continental United states so that water scarcity can be resolved.
Or more people can leave the south and repopulate places like the Great Lakes were water is plentiful, many Great Lake cities have declining populations for decades now people abandoned it to live in unsustainable regions instead
Exactly. It’s amazing how many people don’t have any clue how it wasn’t until A/C became common in new homes in the 1950’s that people started moving into the desert southwest. Anywhere south of Kansas can be a sweltering hellhole in the summer, and extreme temperatures can and do happen on the plains and into the Midwest all the way to the Canadian border.
A/C was probably the biggest factor in demographic change in the US post War.
The great gift of rain and show...this year2022-2023.
snow not show
Enjoy it while it last
I remember when all the "experts" were saying that this wet season wasnt going to get our reservoirs full but looks like they were wrong
yes shasta and trinity lkae.
NICE
Weather cycles?! No kidding? News readers seem disappointed in this fact.
Maybe build a couple more reservoirs.
wow... finally media is reporting good news
It is full.
Personally think better management and possibly more reservoirs to keep up with the population.
I mean how come the lake got down to 30% when 2020? or 2019 was a huge year as well. So it barely can keep up with one season of water usage from the population? yeah then there should be more capacity because there should be at least 3-5 years worth of water stored because we can't expect every year to be the same.
I agree. We have plenty of resources but the management of those resources is criminal to say the least.
Ya need money.
You wanted and voted for school maintenance instead.
Actually you need both so dig deep into your pockets. You turnups
No more excuses .f...the economy it just needs money and no one wants to pay
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Don't wait until it's too late.
Won't be a pretty picture
@@cnsgains5506 your the criminal say yes to funding
Pay the taxes. NO matter what it takes..
Projects need funding and the more funding to maintain it all so it lasts longer.
You all only vote to build but not a thing else
Do your part vote and pay for all of vote for nothing and deal with your own flood problems
Idiots😮
Can we just take a moment and say what a great name “Basshole Brews” is?!
When there is an abundance, people seem to waste. I hope they continue to conserve water.
Hey kids, here's a word they don't teach in schools: CYCLICAL. It was used WAAAAAAY back in the early 90s after a drought in the late 80s, followed by a few years of flooding.
I wonder if next year will be more flooding as the reservoir fill up.
I suggest using it wisely and keeping y'all's grubby fingers out of the Colorado river
Yeah it really helps when you don't allow others to tap into your water 🤙
Sincerely Wyoming °~•.☆.•~°
Spotted trout? I havent seen spotte bass. They travel upstream?
Over the last 5 weeks, EBMUD has drained about 8to9 feet of water off Lake Camanche in Amador Co. Almost back to its lowest point over the past 18months. Go have a look. I've got pics with the water & current pics now.
Oh sounds like lake camanche
Reservoir
Is doing what the reservoir was made for.
To assist the calif lakes with. Capacity and Flow and tomake systems with controlled means so to help regulators oversee and get better control of holding and storage and control to move water where and if need be.
For flood safety. For farmers ,for safe drinking water and for you recreational wants.
We have had projects to be added to the system and it start the project and then halfway through they said there's not enough funding and blah blah blah sell the land to expensive fancy housing advertising beautiful sights and then they scrubbed the project cuz not enough funding so these rich people are looking at empty holes up in Sacramento they even built the dam first but never filled in the water stop blaming the government there waiting for you to give him some money so you can do what they're made to do squabbling over but yes next time government wants to do a damn or even do maintenance on those vote yes.... Yes storms are going to get worse is Lexie going to be full when putting pressure on the dams are in place now which need maintenance are they also need more reservoirs and to take the pressure off these older systems that clearly need nothing's made to last forever unless you keep it maintained and replace old parts or fix broken areas if you don't do such things it will fail. But if you maintain them their last the last a really long time at least through your lifetime maybe your children's lifetimes that's a lot of lives saved
You do realize that as snowmelt happens through the summer, there will be a lot of water flowing into this lake/reservoir which will slowly or quickly refill it again, and outflows will be managed to balance that out. A reservoir that is almost full can’t absorb extra flow without catastrophic emergency release needed so drawing it down gives the reservoir and its dam some breathing room to do its job, namely reduce excessive flows and moderate that all along the reservoir and river systems. This one reservoir is only one checkpoint for water flow and water storage in the entire California water management system.
You have to see the bigger picture of how all of this extra water is to be managed and used most efficiently.
How long will this water last though? Hopefully this water stays in the Lake for awhile.
depends on how much it rains/snows in the coming years.
Our normal winter rain headed south to California this year.